Anthony Hopkins over zijn rol in Thor

Sir Anthony Hopkins zal in de komende Thor verfilming de rol van Odin op zich nemen. Odin is zeg maar de Oppergod van de Scandinavische mythologie.

I don't just play a father, I play the god-father.

Aldus Hopkins.

Net als in Wolfman speelt in Thor de vader/zoon-relatie een belangrijke rol.

I'm very interested in that relationship between fathers and sons. My father's relationship with me was cold. He was a hot-blood character but to me, cold. When I was young, he expressed his disappointment because I was bad in school and all of that. He didn't mean any harm, but I felt I could never meet up to his expectations.

Een niet-zo-ver-van-mijn-bed show dus...

He's a stern man. He's a man with purpose. I play the god who banishes his son from the kingdom of Asgard because he screwed up. He's a hot-headed, temperamental young man --- probably a chip off of the old block -- but I decide he's not really ready to rule the future kingdom, so I banish him. I'm harsh and my wife complains and I say, 'That is why I'm king.' He's ruthless, take-it-or-leave-it. Women are much more forgiving; men are not so forgiving. I know in my life, my karma is, 'If you don't like it, tough, move on.' And I move on. I'm a little like Odin myself.

Thor is een film van Kenneth Branagh met rollen van onder andere Chris Hemsworth en Natalie Portman.